The two sisters took off their coats and went to bed, and said happily, "Grandma said that there is watermelon to eat, and I will eat it for the first time this year." ”

Generally, the first stubble melon is more expensive, and the countrymen are reluctant to buy it, and the second stubble melon is cheaper, so they will think about buying it once in a while.

Si Yao said, "If you are greedy, mine will also be shared for you to eat, I will taste it." ”

"It's not okay, you have to eat it all, and it's hard to eat it once." Siqi thinks it's really good to be a sister, and she thinks about her sister everywhere.

In fact, she is three years older, and Si Yao herself is still a little girl.

She turned over, "Sister, let's think about making money, and in the future, there will be no shortage of anything at home, what you want to eat and buy, and one person will eat a watermelon." ”

In her previous life, she ate watermelon directly by digging a hole and digging it with a spoon, which was simply a luxury at this time.

Siqi thought about the watermelon, had a sweet dream, and then it was time to get up.

In the summer, you have to take a nap, even if it is a busy farming season, you must rest, otherwise you will not be refreshed all afternoon.

Sleep for half an hour, work in the afternoon to have strength, at noon the sun is also poisonous, go out to work too sunny.

After everyone got up, Wu asked Liu to take out the watermelon that was placed in the well water and cut it.

The Lin family has a large population, so they bought a big watermelon, but even so, one person can't eat much.

Xuan's and Zilong Zijie were not at home, so Wu asked them to be kept, and the rest of the people ate together.

The upper room was full of people, Liu cut the watermelon, gave the children a large piece, the adults ate a little smaller, and the one close to the center was given to Lin Dezheng and Wu.

It's rare to eat once, and the children are so happy that they are reluctant to eat what they got first, and they eat together when everyone gets it.

The watermelon was put in a bucket and then soaked in well water, and it was just fished up at this time, and it was cold and very delicious.

Siqi didn't like to eat watermelon much before, but now he took a bite and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Du Shi finished eating himself in three or two bites, looked left and right, everyone was still eating, and there was no more on the table, just now.

Disappointed, she pouted and twisted her waist to go outside.

After eating, the melon peels were put together, Mengzhu took them to the backyard to feed the pigs, and Wanrong took a rag to wipe the table clean.

Lin Dezheng said, "This watermelon tastes good, I can't complain that it's so expensive, our farmers can't afford to eat it, so we can only taste it, and we haven't eaten enough, right?" ”

Lin Changyuan said with a smile, "When there is no work at home in winter, I will go to the town to find some work to do, save money, and buy more watermelons for my father next year." ”

Lin Dezheng was happy, "Okay, if you have that money, you can save it, a few children's relatives haven't settled yet, the watermelon is delicious, but you can't eat more, otherwise your stomach hurts." ”

There is also work to do in the afternoon, and the rice in the field has begun to turn yellow, but you can wait for a few days, so you don't have to worry about it at this time, and you have time to go around the fields and drive away the birds that eat the rice, which is all blood and sweat.

When the sun was a little overcast, Meng Shan took her younger brothers and sisters to the mountains to pull herbs and pick up cicada shells.

Siqi didn't want to go today, and said with a smile, "I went to the fields with my father, and said that I couldn't catch pheasants." ”

Lin Changyuan said, "Maybe there really is, I saw it the day before yesterday, stealing food to eat, but I didn't clean it up when it was getting dark." ”

Siqi nodded, "That's it, you have to catch it." ”

The Lin family has 40 acres of land, and more than half of it is used to grow rice, and it is only after paying taxes that it is his own family.

If the year is good, it is enough for the family to eat, maybe it can sell some, but if the year is bad, there is a drought or a flood, and the food in this field cannot even feed the population.

Lin Changyuan took a long stick, and when he got to the ridge, he gently patted it into the field a few times, if there was a pheasant in it, it would be alarmed, as long as it moved, it would be easy to catch.

Siqi followed behind and walked to the dry field, Siqi tilted his head and said, "Dad, there is little rain this year, there are not a few rains in summer, and it doesn't rain much, but fortunately, there is no drought." ”

Lin Changyuan said with a smile, "Where is it so easy to drought, it is rare to encounter it once, and if you meet it, you will admit it, anyway, our croppers are God's food." ”

Siqi nodded, "It would be nice if our own house could store water, when the weather is dry, everyone is carrying water in the big weir pond to water the ground, and it won't take long to pick it up, and we have to run to the river, it's too far." ”

Lin Changyuan looked at her, "Where does our house store water?" This is watering, and it is not enough to save at home. ”

Siqi pointed in the direction of the weir pond on the side of the mountain, "Dad, that weir pond is useless, if our family buys that weir pond, won't we be able to store water?" ”

"It doesn't matter if he's dry or not, anyway, the water has been closed in it, we can also buy some fish fry and put them in, we don't have to worry about it, when fishing in winter, even if it doesn't grow much, we can make some money by selling it to restaurants in the town."

"If the weather is dry, we have a weir pond by ourselves, so we don't need to go to the big weir pond to fetch water, so what about the big weir pond, if the water is turned off, the water can still last for a long time."

After listening to Siqi's words, Lin Changyuan kept looking in the direction of the weir pond on the side of the mountain, and then turned around and said, "Why did you suddenly think of this?" ”

Si Qi smiled, "In the morning, the two fat people touched the loaches in the weir pond, I was curious about how there was not much water in the weir pond, Brother Tiankuo said that there was a hole, so I thought if I could use it." ”

"I just thought that there would be less rain this year, so I was afraid of drought, so I mentioned to my father that it would be nice if our family could buy that weir pond."

Lin Changyuan frowned, as if he was seriously thinking about the feasibility of this proposal.

Siqi continued, "I think silkworm raising is also quite profitable, this year I raised two stubbles, earned a few taels of silver, next year you can raise earlier, raise more." ”

"However, many people in our village have started to raise their families, and they have tasted the sweetness, but everyone refuses to let them, and the mulberry forests in the village are not enough at all, and it is too troublesome to go to the mountains."

"If we can buy the weir pond and plant a circle of mulberry trees around the weir pond, there are a lot of them, and we can raise a few silkworm seeds a year."

Lin Changyuan was still pondering, thinking that he knew that he shouldn't say it anymore, she was a nine-year-old girl, and it was too strange to say this.

But she wanted to do this, so she raised her head and said, "Dad, our farmer is too hard to farm, facing the loess with his back to the sky, he can dry the oil, and the annual harvest has to be handed over so much, and he has worked for a whole year, and his family does not have much surplus food, so he has to think of more ways in other places, so that our family's life can live." ”